UAW Reaction to Chrysler-Daimler-Benz Reports
6 May 1998
UAW's Yokich and Laskowski React to Chrysler-Daimler-Benz ReportsDETROIT, May 6 -- The UAW is monitoring closely the media reports of a "business combination" between Chrysler and Daimler-Benz . "Naturally, we are paying close attention to the impact on our members of any new business relationship between Chrysler and Daimler-Benz," said UAW President Stephen P. Yokich. "Our members at Chrysler have made extraordinary contributions to Chrysler's success over the years," Yokich added, "and we have every right and every intention of protecting their interests in the event that Chrysler undergoes any structural change." "We will aggressively pursue detailed information about this possible alliance," UAW Vice President Jack Laskowski, Director of the Union's Chrysler Department, said, "but until we know more, it would not be appropriate to comment further." SOURCE United Auto Workers